The Latest Stories from KQED Science
Deep Look | | This Bee Gets Punched by Flowers for Your Ice Cream | | Next time you eat a cone or sundae, thank an alfalfa leafcutting bee. | | |
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How About a Burger With Everything - Except the Animals? | | Bay Area start-ups hope to replace slaughterhouses with Petri dishes by growing meat in a lab. | |
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Bay Area Lawmaker Introduces Recycling Bill With Relief For Grocers | | Along with $5 million to pay for mobile recycling centers, the bill would give grocers a temporary reprieve from fees. | |
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California Bill Puts Recycling Onus on Plastic Manufacturers. They're Not Happy About It | | California is considering a first-in-the-nation attempt at requiring plastic manufacturers to take responsibility for the fate of their products. | |
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Saving California's Kelp Forest May Depend On Eating Purple Sea Urchins | | Purple sea urchins are devouring the kelp forest off California's coast. To help the forest survive, researchers are trying to make these urchins a delicacy on menus at seafood restaurants. | |
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| Chevron Faces New Demands From Regulators as Kern County Oil Releases Continue |
| State oil and gas officials say company has failed to show it has taken action necessary to stem crude petroleum releases near steam-injection wells. | |
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| Jonathan Franzen Says It's Too Late For Us on Climate Change. Scientists Immediately Push Back |
| The celebrated novelist's New Yorker essay argues that people should stop pretending that there's still time to prevent climate catastrophe. Climate researchers said he's misreading the science. | |
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| LISTEN: Astrobiologist Explains How Geographical History 'Shaped Human History' |
| Astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell discusses his book "Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History." | |
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